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After a rather successful period of limited availability and a partnership with Mozilla to be the primary interface of Firefox OS, EverythingMe is now expanding its availability to practically anywhere in the world. This means that fans of the search-centric contextual homescreen can now enjoy get the app from its official Google Play Store source instead of having to dig around for unofficial APKs.

Here is yet another floating icon, multitasking app that shows a bit of promise. Search Now puts the ability to do web or even app searches right under your fingertips, no matter what app you're in. And it's even quite configurable.

Now that Microsoft has introduced Cortana, there is a solid three horse race for contextual smartphone operation. Siri, Cortana, and Google Now all have their unique twists and motives, and we may have just seen a glimpse of a significant overhaul for Google’s voice assistant.

Google has rolled out the latest improvement for Search on Android. Beginning today you'll be able to search and filter down results dealing with restaurants and hotels. The process begins with a simple command such as "show me some restaurants in downtown Austin."

Google Trends already provided a useful way of keeping up with what is hot at any given time. Trends offers details on current topics, as well as what had been hot at any given time dating back to 2004. And as of today you can now have those reports delivered directly to your inbox.

As we slowly work our way towards Google I/O 2014, we will undoubtedly come across rumors and wishes about Google's products, both current and upcoming. One such rumor is Project Hera which will try to revolutionize the way we experience the Web but will apparently not change how apps look in an equally huge way.

Bing Rewards has gone mobile. The search-based reward program has come available for Android users, as well as for iOS users. We tend to focus on the Android side here, but in this case it was hard to notice the Windows Phone support is still listed as "coming soon." Putting the platform availability to the side, Bing Rewards will let Android users search and earn, and also take advantage of offers from their smartphone or tablet.

Similar to what we saw from Google last year, and in years prior, the 2013 Google Zeitgeist has been released. For those not familiar with the Zeitgeist, this is essentially a look back at the year in search. Google notes how this is a chance for them to "reflect on people, places, and moments that captured the world's attention throughout the year." And as it takes a look back at everything, this is a mix of the good and bad that happened throughout the year.

Google has just unveiled a new feature for Android that shows just how much the company is still ahead in the search business. Searching on the Google Search Android app, as well as on Chrome and Android browsers, will now yield results that traverse not only the web but also the third-party apps you have already installed on your phone.

In this changing climate of cloud storage, there never seems to be one right answer. Drive is great, and works well with Android, but doesn’t quite do it all. QuickOffice helps with reading Microsoft Office documents from your Drive account, but Dropbox does a much better job.